Cinema: The Hepburn Story

Hollywood, which is crowded with luscious cuties, decided that Katharine
Hepburn was no great beauty. Her body suggests a collection of fine
bones held together by freckles. Her vivid, angular face is topped by
red hair pinned up any which way. Her penetrating voice can be as
disturbing as some of her strong opinions. When she first arrived in
Hollywood, her agent, Myron Selznick, took one look and groaned: "My
God, are we sticking them $1,500 a week for this!"

Broadway felt much the same way about her abilities. Critic Dorothy
Parker...